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United States of America: Platform Accountability and Transparency Act amended with content moderation policy disclosure requirement

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Platform Accountability and Transparency Act amended with content moderation policy disclosure requirement

On 19 May 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act was amended by the California Senate. Under the amended version of the Bill, social media platforms with at least 1 million unique monthly users are to make public on an annua…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2022-02-14
under deliberation

On 14 February 2022, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (SB-1018) was introduced in t…

2022-03-10
under deliberation

On 10 March 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, was amended in the Cal…

2022-05-19
under deliberation

On 19 May 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act was amended by the Califo…

2022-06-23
under deliberation

On 23 June 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, was amended by the Cali…

2022-08-24
under deliberation

On 24 August 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, was amended by the Ca…

2022-08-30
adopted

On 30 August 2022, SB-1018, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, was adopted by the Ca…